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Vaadin Blog
Vaadin 24.7 keeps your development moving smoothly with smarter automation, stronger security, and streamlined workflows. This release simplifies upgrades, enhances security, and improves automation—so you can spend less time on maintenance and more time building great business applications. Whether you're modernizing a legacy app or starting fresh, Vaadin 24.7 lets you focus on what matters—shipping great software.
How to connect LLMs to your Vaadin app with Spring AI tool calling
What is AI tool calling? Spring AI tool calling enables Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to directly invoke methods in your Java application. This creates a powerful bridge between natural language inputs and your business logic without complex prompt engineering. Key components The ...
Enhancing Vaadin API for Spring Data and beyond
With the upcoming Vaadin 24.7 release, we’re introducing a couple of minor but impactful enhancements that embody our mission: making Java-based web development simpler and more productive. One of the key improvements in this release is an enhancement to the Grid API, allowing developers to ...
Building modern business apps: Explore the Vaadin showcase
We’re excited to introduce the Vaadin Application Showcase—a curated collection of UI mockups designed to inspire and guide developers in building modern business applications. Whether you’re creating enterprise dashboards, back-office tools, or mobile-friendly applications, the showcase ...
The state of micro frontends with Vaadin
Micro frontends are an architecture in which the application's UI is modularized so that one part of the UI can be redeployed independently of other parts, thus forming a set of self-contained systems. There are multiple different reasons for building an application in this way, and there are also ...
Maven 4 is coming – Here's what you should know
Maven 4 is on the horizon, with Release Candidate 2 (RC2) already available for early adopters. While an official release date is still unknown, at least one more RC (RC3) is expected. If you're working with Maven-based projects, now is a great time to test out the new version and prepare for the ...
Jakarta Data - Better repositories?
"The Jakarta Data specification provides an API to simplify data access. It enables Java developers to focus on the data model while delegating the complexities of data persistence…" The official goal of the specification could also be summarized as an attempt to standardize the good parts of ...
Your first step to Java application modernization
Modernizing a business-critical Java application can mean rewriting it from scratch, replacing it with a purchased application, or transforming it to extend its lifespan. Regardless of the approach, one thing remains constant: you must first understand the application you're replacing. If you've ...
Calling microservices from Vaadin: Can you use them together?
We are often asked in our community forum, customer meetings, or conferences if Vaadin can be used with microservices. The short answer is: Yes, absolutely. To address this topic, I created a demo application using Vaadin that includes views implemented in Flow and Hilla. In this article, I’ll ...
Advanced RAG techniques with Spring AI
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) has become a standard approach for enhancing LLM responses with domain-specific knowledge. While basic RAG implementations can be straightforward, building production-grade solutions often requires more sophisticated techniques. Spring AI provides several ...